Carole J. Garrison

“The Kindness of Strangers”

“I don’t know how to thank you…” He turned momentarily from his reunion and replied, “Don’t thank me. Just pass it on.”

Mandelbrot, Mushy Meatloaf and WWII War Effort Recipes

The pandemic has made cooks of many of us. We’ve become shut-ins looking for a tasty treat to brighten the day. So here is to us. Share it, enjoy it, and remember GG. I do.

Are My Neighbors on the Fringe?

This backlash has been festering for sixty years, and now we are worried?

The Loss of Trust

What’s different? I no longer trust my country.

The Gift

Her most-best things; that’s what she had said. How could I accept her “best things”

Roaches: A story of Reflection and Understanding

Those who buy this anti immigrant rhetoric would squish this family in the same way that I’m contemplating killing this bug. So I don’t do it.

A Christmas Story

the joy is not in the keeping but in the giving

The College Application

In the end, does anyone actually read these essays?

Recently, a television personality excoriated her audience for being ungrateful for our current president and the accomplishments thus far in his presidency. She was appalled at his low approval ratings. I have to admit that I’ve been somewhat surprised that his ratings have been so low—I’m still giving him points for being the candidate that bestedContinue reading “Really!?”

Bob II

Anthropologists warn us not to anthropomorphize instinctual animal behavior, even when those actions seem so human. What instinct told my cat Darcy, every time I had a suitcase standing by the door waiting for an upcoming trip, to lie in wait for me under the couch and then reach her paws out, grab my ankle,Continue reading “Bob II ”